Don baskin truck sales

This may help some.....

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/specific_search/Don+Baskin+Truck+Sales

 

Heres more...

http://www.yellowpages.com/covington-tn/mip/don-baskin-truck-sales-7192166



Trucker Report on this one.....

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...r-operator/130303-don-baskin-truck-sales.html

 

Why do people blame the dealer for selling a shoddy truck? Why cant they accept the blame to themselves for not checking it out properly? Ever heard of an oil sample, rig dig report, ecm download and blowby test?? I would never touch a truck I was interested in without doing these things first. They wanna be cheap, first off by thinking they are getting the deal of a lifetime, but then wanna blame the dealer cause they cheap out again on investigating to see why its such a good deal. They are right, there is a sucker born every minute.

 

I ran into a carrier in Nashville when I was renewing my baseplates a couple of years ago. He said that he had purchased several trucks from Baskin and didn't have any problems with them. I think he told me that he had bought over 20 trucks from them. I have head of others who have stated they had problems with trucks that they bought from Don Baskins. I have driven by their lot and they have a huge selection of trucks. I have not had personal experience with them so I can't give you first hand knowledge about the quality of their equipment. Any time you buy a truck from ANYONE, it is your responsibility to check it out for yourself. I don't trust anyone when it comes to buying equipment. You can buy from one of the major dealers or an individual and still get a lemon. Some are truthful and others will lie. I considered buying a truck from them at one time, but never had the time to drive that far to check them out. I know at one time you could buy a truck from them for less than many other places. That could mean that there equipment is not as high quality as others or they decided to make a little less profit in order to have more volume. If you don't know what to look for in a class 8 truck, it would pay you to have someone who is qualified to check it out for you. Buying a class 8 truck is a major purchase. You should spend a few hundred dollars having it checked. A dyno, oil sample and the ecm will give you a good picture of the over all condition of the truck. You could have a mechanic check bushings, king pins and other components. It is money well spent. You don't want to buy a truck and then need to have to spend money on major repairs.

 

I too am in the market for my first used truck and i am looking at Baskins. Concerning oil samples, i agree they are important. If i have to travel to the dealer, get the sample, send it off and wait for the results, it could take 3 days or more. Is there a faster way of getting same day results on oil samples?

 

You can get an oil analysis the same time you do the dyno. Any authorized truck or engine dealer should be able to do a dyno and oil analysis. They may or may not need to send it off for the oil. I would not go to the expense of doing either until you made a decision on a particular truck. You could make a deal contingent on a good dyno and oil analysis.

 

From what I gather 90% of everything Don Baskin sells comes straight from the auction, so there is no telling what type of truck you might get. Some good I am sure but probably plenty bad ones to. If you look at some of there adds they still have the Ritchie Brothers auction signs hanging in the windshields.

 

Enough said..Runnnnnnnnnnnnnn...He has been known to go to Ritchie Brothers Alot..